India, Tamil Nadu state, Tirupur district people groups

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Country:	India
Province / State:	Tamil Nadu
District:	Tirupur

Major People Groups

155

Major Unreached People Groups

137

Total Population

2,675,000

Buddhist

0.0 %

Christian

2.7 %

Hindu

92.1 %

Muslim

5.1 %

Sikh

0.0 %

Other Religions

0.1 %

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People Group ▲	Population	Primary Language	Progress Scale	Hindu	Muslim	Buddhist	Christian	Sikh	Other
Adi Dravida	66,000	Tamil	0	66,000	-1 -	50	40	-1 -	-1 -
Adi Dravida Christian	2,100	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,100	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan Nattaman	9,400	Tamil	1	9,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Agamudaiyan unspecified	14,000	Tamil	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Aiyanavar	60	Telugu	1	60	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi	14,000	Malayalam	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Kambalattu	900	Tamil	1	900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ambalavasi Tottiyan Naicker	2,300	Tamil	1	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Anuppan	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arayan	14,000	Malayalam	1	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Arunthathiyar	38,000	Tamil	0	38,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Badaga	4,800	Badaga	1	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Balija (Hindu traditions)	3,100	Kannada	0	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania Chetti	12,000	Tamil	0	12,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200
Bania Irupathi Nalu Manai Chetti	1,900	Telugu	0	1,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bania unspecified	26,000	Hindi	0	25,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	400
Banijiga	1,200	Kannada	1	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Basor	1,200	Hindi	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bedar (Hindu traditions)	15,000	Kannada	0	15,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar (Hindu traditions)	4,500	Kannada	0	4,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Kannada Balija Naicker	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Beldar Toreya	200	Kannada	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Bhoi (Hindu traditions)	4,300	Hindi	0	4,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Boya	196,000	Telugu	0	196,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Ashtashasram	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Dravida	11,000	Tamil	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaud Saraswat	6,100	Marathi	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Gaur	1,500	Hindi	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Nambudiri	5,900	Malayalam	0	5,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Pancha Dravida	11,000	Malayalam	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Potti	1,800	Malayalam	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Tamil	14,000	Tamil	0	14,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin Telugu	1,200	Telugu	0	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Brahmin unspecified	90,000	Hindi	0	90,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Christian traditions)	17,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	17,000	-1 -	-1 -
Chakkiliyan (Hindu traditions)	96,000	Tamil	0	96,000	-1 -	50	100	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran	3,100	Malayalam	1	3,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Chavalakkaran Christian	200	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Chayakkaran	500	Tamil	0	500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Christian	5,400	Hindi	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,400	-1 -	-1 -
Devendrakulathan	2,300	Tamil	0	2,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Divehi	30	Maldivian	0	-1 -	30	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Dom (Hindu traditions)	2,200	Odia	1	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Eravallan	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gandla	1,000	Telugu	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gangakula	2,000	Kannada	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Gavara	4,400	Malayalam	0	4,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Hasla	20	Kannada	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavan	63,000	Malayalam	0	63,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilavathi	5,300	Malayalam	0	5,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Ilayathu	6,100	Malayalam	0	6,100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Jaggali	200	Telugu	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kaikolan	264,000	Tamil	1	264,000	-1 -	-1 -	600	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal (Hindu traditions)	11,000	Telugu	0	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kalal Idiga	7,700	Telugu	0	7,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu Reddi	4,600	Telugu	0	4,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kapu unspecified	41,000	Telugu	0	41,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kattunayakan	2,700	Tamil	1	2,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kavara	24,000	Tamil	0	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kootan	2,400	Malayalam	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumban	18,000	Tamil	2	18,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Kudumi	4,800	Tamil	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kumhar, Kusavar (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Hindi	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunbi (Hindu traditions)	1,700	Gujarati	0	1,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kunchatiga	1,400	Kannada	0	1,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Christian traditions)	200	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	200	-1 -	-1 -
Kuravan (Hindu traditions)	6,700	Malayalam	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kurmi (Hindu traditions)	5,200	Hindi	0	5,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Kuruba	2,400	Kannada	1	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Lingayat	2,500	Kannada	0	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	2,500
Madari (Hindu traditions)	159,000	Tamil	0	159,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Maila	40	Tulu	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mala Urali	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malabar Catholic	5,300	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,300	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Pandaram	90	Malayalam	1	90	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malai Vedan	200	Malayalam	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malakuravan	20	Tamil	0	20	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malasar	200	Tamil	1	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, caste	10,000	Malayalam	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayan, tribe	4,700	Tamil	1	4,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Malayarayar	200	Malayalam	2	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mangala	7,600	Telugu	0	7,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mappila	11,000	Malayalam	0	-1 -	11,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mudugar	400	Tamil	1	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Munnur	1,600	Telugu	0	1,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Muthan	1,000	Malayalam	0	1,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Mutrasi	1,300	Telugu	0	1,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Christian traditions)	1,900	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	1,900	-1 -	-1 -
Nadar (Hindu traditions)	7,000	Tamil	0	7,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nai (Hindu traditions)	6,700	Hindi	0	6,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Nair	23,000	Malayalam	1	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Navithan	76,000	Tamil	0	76,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Christian traditions)	5,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,000	-1 -	-1 -
Pallan (Hindu traditions)	20,000	Tamil	1	20,000	-1 -	20	80	-1 -	-1 -
Palliyar	100	Tamil	2	100	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pambada	80	Telugu	0	80	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panan	66,000	Tamil	0	66,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pannadi	700	Tamil	0	700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Panniandi	400	Tamil	0	400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Christian traditions)	9,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	9,000	-1 -	-1 -
Paraiyan (Hindu traditions)	16,000	Tamil	1	16,000	-1 -	20	50	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Afridi	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun Yusafzai	1,200	Urdu	0	-1 -	1,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pashtun, Pathan	16,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Perumannan	16,000	Malayalam	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulaya Vettuvan	40	Malayalam	1	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Pulayan unspecified	2,400	Malayalam	0	2,400	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajaka Dhobi (Hindu traditions)	23,000	Hindi	0	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Rajput (Hindu traditions)	4,800	Hindi	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Razu	1,500	Telugu	0	1,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sali	17,000	Kannada	0	17,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Samban	4,300	Tamil	1	4,200	-1 -	-1 -	40	-1 -	-1 -
Sayankulam	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sayyid	9,600	Urdu	0	-1 -	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Qureshi	2,900	Urdu	0	-1 -	2,900	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh Siddiqi	5,700	Bengali	0	-1 -	5,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Shaikh unspecified	24,000	Urdu	0	-1 -	24,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Sonar (Hindu traditions)	7,300	Hindi	0	7,300	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Syrian Christian	5,500	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	5,500	-1 -	-1 -
Tamil (Muslim traditions)	61,000	Tamil	0	-1 -	61,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Teli (Hindu traditions)	5,600	Hindi	0	5,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thandan (Christian traditions)	300	Malayalam	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	300	-1 -	-1 -
Tholuva Naicker	200	Tamil	3	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Thoti, caste	200	Telugu	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Tiruvalluvar	40	Tamil	0	40	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaddar (Hindu traditions)	7,200	Telugu	0	7,100	-1 -	-1 -	50	-1 -	-1 -
Vadugan	5,500	Telugu	0	5,500	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga Kunchitiga	2,200	Kannada	0	2,200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vakkaliga unspecified	23,000	Kannada	1	23,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valan	13,000	Malayalam	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Valluvan	4,800	Tamil	0	4,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vaniyan	10,000	Tamil	2	9,600	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Christian traditions)	13,000	Tamil	3	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	13,000	-1 -	-1 -
Vannan (Hindu traditions)	111,000	Tamil	0	111,000	-1 -	-1 -	80	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan	322,000	Tamil	1	320,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,800	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Agnikula	16,000	Tamil	1	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	100	-1 -	-1 -
Vanniyan Kotton	8,600	Tamil	0	8,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Velakkithalanayan	29,000	Malayalam	0	29,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Isai	1,800	Tamil	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Kongu	1,800	Tamil	0	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Nanchilnattu	2,700	Tamil	2	2,100	-1 -	-1 -	700	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Sozhia	1,800	Tamil	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan Tondamandalam	1,800	Tamil	1	1,800	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vellalan unspecified	28,000	Tamil	1	26,000	-1 -	-1 -	1,400	-1 -	-1 -
Veluthadanayar	16,000	Malayalam	0	16,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vetan (Hindu traditions)	2,000	Tamil	0	2,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan	3,600	Malayalam	0	3,600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Vettuvan Gounder	200	Tamil	0	200	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Asari	13,000	Malayalam	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Kollan	13,000	Malayalam	0	13,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Thattan	10,000	Malayalam	0	10,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma unspecified	106,000	Tamil	1	106,000	-1 -	-1 -	20	-1 -	-1 -
Viswakarma Vilkurup	600	Malayalam	0	600	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav (Hindu traditions)	48,000	Hindi	0	48,000	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Yadav Gola	2,700	Telugu	0	2,700	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -	-1 -
Major Groups (displayed): 155	2,649,000		137 ●	2,444,000	133,000	100	70,000	30	3,100
All Groups (including small not displayed *): 316	2,675,000		284 ●	2,463,000	137,000	200	72,000	400	3,200

* District level entries that are less than 1,000 individuals AND less than 1% of the groups total in the country are not displayed.

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Level	Description	Criteria
1a	Unreached (Frontier) - Less than 1 in 1,000 (0.1%) identify as Christians in any way. ✸︎	Evangelicals <=0.1% Professing Christians <=0.1%
1b	Unreached (non-Frontier) - Few evangelicals and little, if any, history of Christianity. ◼︎	Evangelicals >0.1% and <=2% Professing Christians >0.1% and <=5%
1	Unreached (All) - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity. ✸︎+◼︎	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest to moderate presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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